ECU has formally established a Transfer Pathway with Bermuda College. This agreement highlights ECU's programs in Hospitality Leadership, biology, and environmental sciences; however, students in all disciplines from Bermuda College are welcome.

During International Education Week the Office of Global Affairs hosted the second annual International Awards Ceremony, recognizing internationalization efforts across campus including outstanding faculty, study abroad scholarships, and international students of the year.

Huang Jianxuan studied intensive English this past summer in ECU Language Academy (ECULA). He stayed with a local host family and was able to visit the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Washington, DC, and Orlando, Florida. He shared his experience in ECULA with his university classmates at Guangdong Ocean University in Guangzhou, China.

The Office of Global Affairs is proud to announce that eight ECU students have received the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, with seven receiving the award for the summer 2018 term and one recipient for fall 2018. The Gilman award is a nationally competitive scholarship that enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad. The total amount of Gilman funding received by these eight Pirates is $28,500, and with this group of recipients, we have the following country destinations represented: Senegal, Ecuador, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Costa Rica, Ghana, and Spain (two of the recipients will be studying here). Pirates will be spanning the globe this summer and fall with the help of scholarship opportunity like the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.

ECU is one of 181 public and private national universities offering resources to help international students adapt to and graduate from U.S.-based schools according to U.S. News & World Report in its inaugural list of top universities for international students.